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IHIT looking for information on Burnaby murderhttp://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/19/ihit-looking-for-information-on-burnaby-murder/
http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/19/ihit-looking-for-information-on-burnaby-murder/#commentsThu, 19 Feb 2015 23:47:32 +0000http://blogs.vancouversun.com/?p=175328Homicide investigators are looking for more information to solve the murder last weekend of a North Vancouver man near the Edmonds Skytrain station in Burnaby.

James Enright, 27, died in the early morning hours of Feb. 15 after an altercation near the station.

IHIT Sgt. Stephanie Ashton said investigators believe the group of people involved in the altercation with Enright were unknown to him.

She said his family “wishes to thank all of the people ...

]]>http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/19/ihit-looking-for-information-on-burnaby-murder/feed/34Murder victim James EnrightbolankimAbbotsford Police officers under investigation for misconduct: OPCChttp://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/18/abbotsford-police-officers-under-investigation-for-misconduct-opcc/
http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/18/abbotsford-police-officers-under-investigation-for-misconduct-opcc/#commentsThu, 19 Feb 2015 02:02:34 +0000http://blogs.vancouversun.com/?p=175191Here’s the story I worked on with my colleague Larry Pynn:

Federal prosecutors are reviewing a number of Abbotsford drug cases because of an investigation that has uncovered 148 allegations of misconduct by 17 officers in the Fraser Valley department.

Most of the allegations relate to the documents officers took to court to obtain search warrants in drug investigations.

The Office of the Police Complaints Commission revealed some details of the investigation into the officers ...

]]>http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/18/abbotsford-police-officers-under-investigation-for-misconduct-opcc/feed/78Abbotsford Police Chief Bob RichbolankimVictim of 2009 shooting takes the stand at Aram Ali trialhttp://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/17/victim-of-2009-shooting-takes-the-stand-at-aram-ali-trial/
http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/17/victim-of-2009-shooting-takes-the-stand-at-aram-ali-trial/#commentsTue, 17 Feb 2015 21:45:10 +0000http://blogs.vancouversun.com/?p=175030A man wounded in a 2009 shooting near a Surrey strip club testified in B.C. Supreme Court Tuesday that he had no idea how a live 40-calibre bullet got into a rear door compartment in his Range Rover.

The man, who can’t be identified due to a publication ban, was struck in the shoulder when his vehicle was sprayed with bullets near T-Barz strip club on Feb. 16, 2009.

United Nations gang associate Aram Ali ...

]]>http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/17/victim-of-2009-shooting-takes-the-stand-at-aram-ali-trial/feed/70T-Barz file photobolankimAccused shooter was working for Barzan Tilli-Choli, Crown sayshttp://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/16/accused-shooter-was-working-for-barzan-tilli-choli-crown-says/
http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/16/accused-shooter-was-working-for-barzan-tilli-choli-crown-says/#commentsMon, 16 Feb 2015 22:17:57 +0000http://blogs.vancouversun.com/?p=174885When Aram Ali shot at a Range Rover outside a Surrey strip club six years ago, he was trying to kill one of its occupants for United Nations gangster Barzan Tilli-Choli, B.C. Supreme Court heard Monday.
But instead Ali wounded the vehicle’s driver and completely missed Red Scorpion Tyler Willock, Crown Sandra Dworkin said in opening submissions Monday.
Ali was captured on wiretap just before the shooting telling Tilli-Choli that he would hit Willock “in ...]]>http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/16/accused-shooter-was-working-for-barzan-tilli-choli-crown-says/feed/103Aram Ali, a UN gang associate, is accused of attempted murderbolankimVancouver man serving 25 years in Australia denied transfer to Canadahttp://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/13/vancouver-man-serving-25-years-in-australia-denied-transfer-to-canada/
http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/13/vancouver-man-serving-25-years-in-australia-denied-transfer-to-canada/#commentsFri, 13 Feb 2015 22:39:06 +0000http://blogs.vancouversun.com/?p=174634A Vancouver man serving 25 years in an Australian prison for heroin smuggling has been denied a transfer to a Canadian jail to complete his sentence.
The Federal Court of Appeal recently ruled that the government was within its rights to refuse to allow Chuck Sun Lau, now 50, into a Canadian jail.
The ruling, issued Jan. 29 and released this week, noted that Canada’s public safety minister believes Lau “will commit a criminal organization ...]]>http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/13/vancouver-man-serving-25-years-in-australia-denied-transfer-to-canada/feed/100Heroin file photobolankimVPD investigating second murder of 2015http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/13/vpd-investigating-second-murder-of-2015/
http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/13/vpd-investigating-second-murder-of-2015/#commentsFri, 13 Feb 2015 21:11:30 +0000http://blogs.vancouversun.com/?p=174614Vancouver Police are looking for information after the murder of a 49-year-old man in the city’s downtown eastside Wednesday.

Lorne Joseph Melting-Tallow was found about 4 a.m. lying on a sidewalk on Hastings near Columbia Street bleeding and unresponsive.

He was rushed to hospital, but died of his injuries.

While the cause of death was not readily apparent, investigators treated the death as suspicious, VPD said in a news release Friday.

“Officers began collecting evidence, ...

]]>http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/13/vpd-investigating-second-murder-of-2015/feed/7police lights file photobolankimTriad boss loses another bid to stay in Canadahttp://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/11/triad-boss-loses-another-bid-to-stay-in-canada/
http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/11/triad-boss-loses-another-bid-to-stay-in-canada/#commentsThu, 12 Feb 2015 00:07:03 +0000http://blogs.vancouversun.com/?p=174325The leader of a Macau Triad has lost his latest bid to remain in Canada.
Tong Sang Lai, who’s also known as Lai Tong Sang, has been fighting to stay in B.C. since 2011 when government officials began the process to deport him because of his criminal ties.
In August 2013, an Immigration and Refugee Board member found there was plenty of evidence that Lai was a leader of the Shui Fong Triad and therefore ...]]>http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/11/triad-boss-loses-another-bid-to-stay-in-canada/feed/101I Man Lai, youngest daughter of Lai Tong Sang, at immigration hearingbolankimIndependent Soldiers were planning resurgence in Kelowna: CFSEUhttp://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/06/independent-soldiers-were-planning-resurgence-in-kelowna-cfseu/
http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/06/independent-soldiers-were-planning-resurgence-in-kelowna-cfseu/#commentsSat, 07 Feb 2015 00:58:12 +0000http://blogs.vancouversun.com/?p=173977B.C.’s anti-gang agency says it has headed off a resurgence of the Independent Soldiers gang in Kelowna with two arrests for firearms and drug related offences.
Long-time IS member Donahugh Fredrick McWhirter, 43, and his girlfriend, Brittany Marie Stinn, 25, were picked up by police Jan. 29.
Sgt. Lindsey Houghton, of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, said the investigation began in early 2014 when the agency got information that a Kelowna IS member “was ...]]>http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/06/independent-soldiers-were-planning-resurgence-in-kelowna-cfseu/feed/205IS clothes seized in Lake CountrybolankimKelowna gang associates facing new chargeshttp://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/06/kelowna-gang-associates-facing-new-charges/
http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/06/kelowna-gang-associates-facing-new-charges/#commentsFri, 06 Feb 2015 09:33:43 +0000http://blogs.vancouversun.com/?p=173887A United Nations gang associate in Kelowna is facing a firearms charge.

Shane Timothy Dankoski was charged on Jan. 29 with knowingly possessing a prohibited firearm without a licence.

He was released on $7500 bail and is due to appear in court again March 5.

Dankoski, 29, was close to the late Sukh Dhak and his brother Gurmit before each was killed in separate shootings in 2012 and 2010.

He is now considered to be ...

]]>http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/06/kelowna-gang-associates-facing-new-charges/feed/133Shane Dankoski and Sukh DhakbolankimGang inmate sues government over Kent prison assaulthttp://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/05/gang-inmate-sues-government-over-kent-prison-assault/
http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/05/gang-inmate-sues-government-over-kent-prison-assault/#commentsThu, 05 Feb 2015 19:33:56 +0000http://blogs.vancouversun.com/?p=173796An Ontario gang member convicted of a 2009 murder is suing the federal government for injuries he sustained during a jailhouse beating in 2013.

Awet Asfaha says he was assaulted in Kent Institution on April 30, 2013 “and suffered grievous bodily, including having his neck sliced, and psychological harm.”

Asfaha claims the government should have ensured his safety and kept him away from other gang inmates.

“The plaintiff knew or reasonably ought to have known ...

]]>http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/05/gang-inmate-sues-government-over-kent-prison-assault/feed/54Kent prison file shotbolankimNew details about Duhre murder revealed in court rulinghttp://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/04/new-details-about-duhre-murder-revealed-in-court-ruling/
http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/04/new-details-about-duhre-murder-revealed-in-court-ruling/#commentsThu, 05 Feb 2015 01:16:50 +0000http://blogs.vancouversun.com/?p=173738Police were concerned that a purported hitman suspected in the gangland execution of Sandip Duhre was plotting another murder when they got a court order to intercept his calls and search his residence, a B.C. Supreme Court ruling has revealed.
Evidence linking Dean Michael Wiwchar to the 2012 Duhre murder, as well as to other murders, was laid out in court documents used to get authorization for the wiretap and search warrants.
Wiwchar has never ...]]>http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/04/new-details-about-duhre-murder-revealed-in-court-ruling/feed/197Sandip DuhrebolankimGangster gets seven-year sentence in 2011 kidnappinghttp://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/03/gangster-gets-seven-year-sentence-in-2011-kidnapping/
http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/03/gangster-gets-seven-year-sentence-in-2011-kidnapping/#commentsTue, 03 Feb 2015 23:46:37 +0000http://blogs.vancouversun.com/?p=173546Long-time gangster Troy Dax McKinnon was sentenced to seven years Tuesday after pleading guilty to playing a “significant leadership role” in a 2011 Vancouver kidnapping thwarted by police.
B.C. Supreme Court Associate Chief Justice Austin Cullen called the plan to kidnap drug trafficker Eric Low “a coordinated sophisticated scheme involving communication by encrypted cell phone and the use of computers and tracking devices.”
Cullen said McKinnon and his pals had expected a big ransom to ...]]>http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/03/gangster-gets-seven-year-sentence-in-2011-kidnapping/feed/63Troy Dax McKinnonbolankim